[Accygirl]

I surely hope that both tidbits would be included in a Bible since A. the Israelite elites who wrote the Bible spent time in Babylon in Exile where they surely would have known about the Babylonian court and B. the Hittites were still around in the 9th/8th centuries B.C. as "bit players" and Israelite neighbors, which is how the Hebrew Bible describes them.

I didn't saw that everything in the Bible was completely untrue. In fact, the Hebrew Bible is very "rooted" in the Israelites' world, the 8th century BC Near East; however, that doesn't mean that every single character in the Hebrew Bible actually existed and that even the more "historical" characters are accurately portrayed.

[papertyger]

So you're simply content to undermine the veracity of the Bible in a generalized, non-specific way?

[Elsie]

In fact, the Hebrew Bible is very "rooted" in the Israelites' world, the 8th century BC Near East;

Duh!

however, that doesn't mean that every single character in the Hebrew Bible actually existed and that even the more "historical" characters are accurately portrayed.

Unless you have proof of these charges, it is unfounded.